Sony ICF-CD2000 CD Clock Radio with FM/AM Radio and Backlit Display

by Sony

Product Details

Product Manual [539kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004U47M
• Item model number: ICFCD2000
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Frequent travelers will appreciate Sony's ICF-CD2000, an ultraslim clock radio that also sports a CD player, letting you either drift to sleep or wake to your favorite tunes. As an added bonus, the ICF-CD2000 includes a small pair of built-in speakers as well as a set of supplied headphones.

Pop open the brushed-aluminum lid to reveal the CD transport and control panel (tucked into the base) as well as a backlit LCD screen, clock functions, and two miniature speakers (housed in the lid). A telescoping FM antenna of questionable value juts out the back.

Setting the clock, alarm time, wake-up mode, and preset stations is refreshingly simple, and we love the world/local modes, which instantly tells the time of any time zone you assign to it. Plus, there's a button that jumps the clock back and forth between daylight-savings time and standard time, eliminating the need to reset the clock every six months.

Sony's Mega-bass control adds a welcome fullness to the sound of the ICF-CD2000's speakers, which sound too thin without it. The supplied headphones are an improvement, but here the Mega Bass is overwhelming, so use caution when switching between speaker and headphone listening.

Four AA batteries (not included) drive the ICF-CD2000 for portable use, while the supplied lithium battery insures that the clock will stay set--and even buzz you awake--during power interruptions.

Although a bit pricey, Sony's ICF-CD2000 is one sweet little traveling companion. --Wayne Garcia

Pros:

• Sleek and portable
• Easy to use
• Mega Bass fills out the sound

Cons:

• Noisy FM reception

Product Description

A travel CD clock radio with ultra slim design / Wake to radio, buzzer or CD / 5 Programmable AM&FM Stations / AC Adapter included World/Local time system with easy DST adjustment Mega Bass sound system Auto scan 5 random station presets Backlit LCD display Forward/reverse time setting Stereo headphones and AC adapter are included May operate on 4 AA Batteries (not included)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great if you need something small and/or portable, March 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Sony ICF-CD2000 CD Clock Radio with FM/AM Radio and Backlit Display (Electronics)

This is a good choice for an office radio because: a) the small size makes it easy lock in a drawer each night; b) it has an antenna that extends or retracts; c) it has digital tuning (and mega-bass); d) it can play very softly or pretty loudly; e) I can hit the stop button quickly.

Among the drawbacks are: a) the controls are not quick to find (for example: I always have to look for the CD play mode button) and not the easiest to understand; b) the high price - I think you pay for the Sony brand and the lightweight size.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars sony icf-cd2000, October 27, 2000

By 

canny cheung (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony ICF-CD2000 CD Clock Radio with FM/AM Radio and Backlit Display (Electronics)

pro - compact; light weight; reasonably sound quality con - no universal a/c adaptor for travel; no carrying case; no cd sleep mode

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars CD player is its downfall, December 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sony ICF-CD2000 CD Clock Radio with FM/AM Radio and Backlit Display (Electronics)

Nice shape and size. The speaker grill looks cool. But the CD player is the worst I have used.

Does not play audio CD-Rs that even my 5 year old boombox plays effortlessly. With regular CDs the delay before the first song comes on is longer than most other CD players - upwards of 10 seconds. Occasionally fails to play even regular CDs on the first try. No sleep timer for CD.

Looks like Sony slapped a mediocre CD player on to an otherwise good clock radio. BTW the clock supports 'World Time' but only as an offset to 'Local Time' in multiples of whole hours - it should have supported offsets in multiples of half-hour.